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Department during the last war. Group D would be composed of those with un-
correctable conditions which would still allow them to do restricted work.

Beyond this I think the other important part of the Bill would be
the establishment within the schools throughout the country of a program of
physical education patterned after, in certain respects, that which has proved
so effective for the German youth of today. Here would be the opportunity to
develop a more rugged type of youngster who would reach the age of 18 ina
physical condition which would enable hiia to pass a vigorous army medical ex-
amination and actually be fit to lead the life of a soldier should circun-
stances necessitate it. The programs of physical education in many of our in-
stitutions today, especially the elementary school are hardly worthy of the
name. There is not enough of the more viguew type of activities. Due to
financial conditions, apparatus and other pieces of equipment have been elin-~
inated, and with the enthusiasm for sports, has come an emphasis on all forms
of sport activities which has not resulted in general physical development.
This same condition exists in many of the high schools where the only ones
who receive any appreciable amount of attention from the physical education
point of view are the small percentege of athletes.

Obviously some federal grants would be necessary for the improvenent
of facilities for teaching a more desirable program of physical education in
the elementary school and in the high schools, These grants would be depen-
dent naturally upon the schools' offering a program of physical education
which would develop physically strong, mentally awake, and morally sound
youths. Such content would be determined by specialists in the field of phys-
ical education rather than left to the whims of the school principal or super-
intendent.

The Bill also should make provision for a higher standard of teachers

of physical education in the schools. Many teachers of physical education in